House Dems say new abortion language helps Medicare doc deal

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By ALAN FRAM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Language has been added to an emerging bipartisan deal on Medicare clarifying that the agreement's abortion restrictions on community health centers are temporary and won't be inscribed into permanent law, House Democrats said Monday.

The Democrats said they believe the new provisions will ease concerns that have threatened Democratic support for the overall package, which is mostly aimed at protecting doctors who treat Medicare patients from imminent deep cuts.

Democrats, especially in the Senate, had complained that the tentative deal between House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, would give three-decade-old legal curbs on abortions the force of permanent law. Congress has always enacted those restrictions — called the Hyde amendment — every year, which gives Democrats hope that someday they might have the votes to repeal them.

"It won't be a codifying of Hyde," said Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Ill.

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[Paulie]

1. Hell fucking no

Jan I'm disappointed in you. Give them an inch and they will take the continent. YOU KNOW THIS!!!

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Absolutely not

And any Dem who signs on is a idiot.

[haikugal]

3. If that's true..

Then why didn't the Dems repeal it when we had the majority? This isn't good news in my view..why is it we always lose something?

[cstanleytech]

5. Probably because some Democrats in office were to chickens shit to support it for

fear of losing their precious seat to someone else.

[karynnj]

6. Remember the Stupak provision?

This had to be added to the House version of ACA to not lose a group of pro life Democrats.

There were also some "pro choice" Democrats willing to accept the idea that there was a split in the country on this and to many who were pro life it was a very big more issue and they viewed this as a compromise - allowing abortion that met Roe v Wade, but not having the government pay for it. (In fact, that legalizes it for everyone but the poor.)

[still_one]

4. wouldn't this also have to go through the Senate?

[project_bluebook]

7. Give the fascist repugs an inch

and they will take a mile. Just say NO!